beach in daly city today to see a massive blue whale. it's washed ashore yesterday. now crews are trying to figure out what to do with it. anne makovec is live at thornton beach with more. anne. >>> reporter: well, the plan this morning is to start cutting that whale open to try to find out exactly how it died. they are trying to figure out the tide, as well, it's been dark for hours. take a look at this footage shot from chopper 5 yesterday. you can see its body there in the surf. this is at thornton state beach. this is a male blue whale. they are an endangered species. the largest animal on earth. somebody spotted his body floating in the surf yesterday afternoon and the marine mammal services is planning the necropsy, an an animal version of the automakers. people have been visiting the beach to see the whale. >> growing up around here in daly city, um, you get to see a lot of, like, whales just in the water and to see a beached whale is devastating because you're so used to whale watching and to see one on the beach, it's like oh, my goodness! >> reporter: there are about 200 blue whales off the california coast, the largest concentration of blue w

and tonight those marine biologists are just about finished combing over the carcass found on thornton beach. it died after blunt force trauma. ships are supposed to reduce speed and avoid them if spotted. >> it sieems to be a very rare occurrence. there's been a lot of sitings in monterey, so i think it's a good thing. >> and again, this was near thornton beach in daily city. this is the first blue whale to wash up on a bay area beach in about five years. >>> boy the rain today very, very consistent throughout the day. >> it certainly has been, especially throughout contra costra and alameda counties. we're going to add to that to throughout tonight and tomorrow. it's not the biggest storm throughout the past month 1/2, but enough to give us a nice stoking here. hd camera from at&t ball park, we got the reflection off the street and the brake lights as it is wet right now in san francisco. currently a chilly 62. in the 60s all the way through 1:00 in the morning. this is riley where the heaviest is expected throughout central california. it's not going to be the two to three inch storm syst

kpix 5's anne makovec is live at thornton state beach with more.e >>> reporter: well, the plan this morning is to start cutting that whale open to try to find out exactly how it died. take a look at this footage shot from chopper 5 yesterday. you can see its body there in the surf. this is a male blue whale. they are an endangered species. the largest animal on earth. somebody spotted his body floating in the surf yesterday afternoon and the marine mammal services is planning the necropsy, an an animal version of the automakers. people have been visiting the beach to see the whale. >> growing up around here in daly city, um, you get to see a lot of, like, whales just in the water and to see a beached whale is devastating because you're so used to whale watching and to see one on the beach, it's like oh, my goodness! >> reporter: there are about 200 blue whales off the california coast, the largest concentration of blue whales in the world but the marine mammal center has only responded to 7 dead blue whales in its 41 year history. eventually when t

it was found near thornton beach and daly city yesterday. it was a rare discovery to see it there because the species is endangered. the last blue whale discovered in the bay area washed ashore in 2010. >>> happening later today, a south bay father accused in the deadly beating of his own baby returns to court for the first time in almost two months. san jose police in august arrested matthew zabala. he's facing murder charges in the death of his 6-week-old daughter. doctors say she suffered a fractured skull and multiple broken bones. that's not all for zabala who faces separate charges tied to suspected domestic violence. >>> two san francisco city workers are being called heroes this morning for stepping in to stop a bloody knife attack on market street. footage shot after tuesday's stabbing show police officers holding down the suspect identified as a 37-year-old transient. police say the suspect asked a 49-year-old man to borrow his pocket knife and attacked the knife owner form no reason. two mta workers saw the incident unfold and the

people discovered its body yesterday on thornton beach. kpix 5 reporter susie steimle says that it's becoming quite a spectacle >>> reporter: it's only natural that the largest animal on earth would draw an equally impressive crowd. >> i just came to see the blue whale. i heard about it on, you know, the tv. >> yeah, want to see how big they are,. >> reporter: dozens made the trek to the beach in daly city to see this blue whale that washed up midafternoon. scientists will perform a necropsy to determine how it died. so what happens to this mammal after it washes up onshore? that's up to the state parks or the city. after the necropsy is performed, they will either tow it out, leave it where it is or about your try. >> made me sad to see it. >> reporter: people are upset that its dead. >> there aren't that many of them. so it's sad. >> reporter: once the necropsy is performed, they will likely be bothered by the oppressive smell. >> oh, my god, the winds, like, coming right at my house. [ laughter ] >> reporter: scientists say there's no t

. >>> theory tonight about the blue whale washed up near thornton beach in daly city this week, it was hit by a ship. marine biologists performed a knee crop ski. research -- necropsy. researchers say the animal had multiple fractures to its skull and back indicating blunt force trauma consistent with being hit by a large vessel. the whale was 65 feet long, a male. scientists plan to take more samples before they make a final determination. >>> if you've been up to the sierra lately, you've probably noticed dead trees are everywhere. they're victims of a tiny killer clearing a path across california and wilson walker explains only on 5 all the rain we're getting could make it worse. >> it's not just like the fall colors on the east coast. these are trees that are dying, trees that were dead. this is pretty early on, still have needles on the tree. >> reporter: deep in the stanislas national forest entomologist sherry smith is following a killer no larger than a grain of rice. >> for native bark beetles in california drought is the trigger. you can see the tunneling. >> reporter: the be

marine biologists today will try to find out why a blue whale died and washed ashore near thornton beachin daley city yesterday. the species is endangered. the last blue whale discovered in the bay area washed ashore in 2010. coming up next at 11:00, the faa is ready to hear complaints over new flight paths over the peninsula. when you can make your voice heard over this noise. >>> plus, you may have heard donald trump's hollywood star destroyed. the vandal is actually coming forward. the reason he says he did this. >>> and cutting the vine. twitter gets rid of the popular video service. we'll take a look coming up in business and tech. runs=:04 that chinese mpany "z-t-celebraw . >>> a lot of enthusiasm this morning from the zto express. that's the chinese company, zto, celebrating its ipo on the new york stock exchange this morning. it's the biggest ipo of the year, raising $1.5 billion. the stock is getting punished in trading this morning. >>> apple generating buzz. the company is in the midst of yet another product announcement. showing off new mac computers. scott mcgrew joining us

it was found near thornton beach in daly city yesterday, a very rare discovery. that species specifically is endangered. the last blue whale discovered in the bay area washed ashore in 2010. >>> change may be coming to the skies above to help quiet airplane noise. the faa wants to cut down levels of airplane noise over the south bay, the peninsula and parts of santa cruz. complaints have been high ever since flight paths to sfo changed last year. a final decision is not expected until next month. >>> how do you keep these cable cars moving? it's raining in many parts of the bay area and there's a new wet weather sliegs for cable cars in san francisco. special type of crushed glass is being used in combination with a rubber-like adhesive as they turn those cars around. this is going to help keep the cable car operators from slipping when they're doing just that at the end of the line. in the past, they used to use things like duct tape to get the job done. >> an improvement there. in preparation for the rain that's coming to the bay area, let's check in with rob r

today, marine experts plan to go to a daily city beach where the body of a blue whale washed up yesterday afternoon. the whale is in a remote spot of thornton state beach. as lillian kim tells us, this is the first blue whale to wash ashore in the bay area in six years. >> reporter: the dead male blue whale washed up directly below the steep cliff. a remote section of the daly city coast. it was first spotted a quarter mile offshore. ernesto fong went hiking to find it. >> i don't want to drive down there even though it is really close. but right now it's an extra home, so it gives me a reason to take a hike down. >> reporter: the marine mammal center will be leading a team of scientists to be conducting a necropsy. they rep responded to 30 of these calls this year, but they have only responded to seven calls being a blue whale. a female carrying a fetus washed ashore of blunt force trauma after being hit by a ship. blue wheales can measure up to 8 feet and weigh several tons. residents came to the cliffs to see it for themselves and were not disappointed. >> it is really big. i have never seen a whale in person. it is pretty amazing, actua

it was spotted yesterday afternoon off thornton state beach. the marine mammal center says it's a blue whale considered the largest animal in the world. it's the first time in six years that a blue whale carcass washed ashore in san mateo county. the 2010 case investigators determined that the whale had been struck by a ship. >>> the bad news keeps piling up for san francisco-based twitter. the social media company announced today it plans to fire 9% of its global workforce about 350 workers. it's not clear how many the layoffs will be local. twitter has never turned a profit. several companies have looked into buying twitter but no takers so far. >>> new at noon, we are getting our first look at competing plans for george lucas' museum of narrative art. after first struggling to lock down locations in san francisco and chicago, the billionaire is now considering treasure island for his museum. check out these renderings. it would hug the san francisco bay. the futuristic designs are from 40-year-old chinese architect [ non-english name ] lucas

. >>> happening now, researchers are on thornton state beach trying to figure out what killed this blue whale that washed ashore yesterday. they will be examining the mammal's the internal organs. >> the goal is to find out what is going on with the animal and what its cause of death is. >> researchers say a passing ship or sharks most likely killed that whale. the center has responded to 30 washed-up whales so far this year but this is only the seventh blue whale in its 41-year history. >>> this is the last weekend to enjoy beach fires in san francisco. abc 7 was in ocean beach where workers lit a ceremonial last fire before the activity is temporarily banned on november 1st. this is the first time that they have banned them and it gives them a chance to do beach maintenance. >> pulling the fire pits for a few months will allow us to do a thorough cleaning of the beach and take a rest from the usage will improve the overall health and quality of the beach for folks to enjoy the rest of the year. >> beach fires will be allowed again beginning on march 1st. >>> good evening to you. we're

it washed up near mar vista stables on thornton state beach. experts with marine mammal have will perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death. >>> a live look outside right now, that warm sunny weather is not going to last very long. another storm system is expected in the bay area tomorrow. brian hackney is in for chief meteorologist paul deanno and has the timing of this next round of rain. >> this time we'll all get wet. the kpix 5 hi-def doppler is showing most of the rain confined to the north coast right now. but overnight the clouds increase and we'll look for it to head south in time for the morning commute. first in the north bay, in terms of amounts, much more than we had earlier in the week with one to three inches in the north bay, one to two inches along the peninsula and two to three inches in the santa cruz mountains. no surprise there. they already have a flood alert for tomorrow night and early friday morning. we'll have the forecast coming up. >>> four strong earthquakes rocked central italy today all close to each othe

today, a beach goer spotted this blue whale in the surf at thornton state beach around noon today. the tide has moves the whale closer to the shore line. scientists are waiting for high tide to push it up further on to the beach. it appears to be a male blue whale, they don't know the age or length or how this whale died. scientists will be out here # tomorrow to perform the necropsy as i mentioned and decide what to do with the carcass. >> quite a sight on the beach. >>> jeff ranieri is with us now. the number one question, of course, the halloween forecast. >> i know kids are anxious about halloween. >> and the parents. >> it looks like we're trending dry. rain still remains in the forecast. we have a big change on the time line of that. but overall, still wet weather on the way the next 24 hours. here's a beautiful shot from our camera, a little bit of high level cloud cover moving in right now, temps drop into the 50s by 8:00 p.m. more to the south, we have clouds, beginning to filter into san jose after a magnificent blue sky. high of 80, it was warm. we'll see 50s by 1:00 in

and scientists with the marine mammal center plan to go a daly city beach to perform a necropsy on a blue whale that washed up on thornton state beach. it was floating a quarter mile offshore when first spotted. they have responded to 30 washed up whales this year. none have been a blue whale, which is an endangered species. they only responded to blue whales seven times in the 41-year history. >>> all right, south bay. we're waking up mostly cloudy with a chance of rain not looking very good throughout the morning. we have scattered showers throughout the morning and evening hours. but it's overnight when they become steadier and heavier and my promise comes to fruition of you getting rain out of this storm. if your stepping out, we have temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s. in fact, that's everywhere with the mild southern flow keeping us comfortable. the bay bridge is drying out from earlier scattered showers. slick streets this plormorning earlier showers. but there could be ponding as the heavier rain moves in. if you're exercising, it will be wet and mild this afternoon. from sutro tower, temperatures are stu

sky7 over a thornton state beach where the whale washed ashore at 3:00 this afternoon. first spotted about a quarter mile offshore two hours before that. the mammal center says they believe it's a male blue whale, and scientists will likely partner with the california academy of sciences to determine why it died. >> huh. all right. >>> as we said at the top, rain is coming. a fair amount of it over several days. >> our meteorologist that has the timing of it. >> yes. unlike the last system that came through, this one is going to be a moderate strength storm. live doppler 7 now showing you cloud cover, and the clouds will lead to rain and we're going to be tracking it for you. it starts at 4:30 tomorrow morning until 7:00 amtraking the storm as it arrives. our camera looking at the transamerica pyramid in san francisco right now, and it's a beautiful view. low 60s in san francisco. mount view 62, san jose at 64, and from the tower camera, san fancisco, bay bridge visible now, low 60s, napa looking different tomorrow morning, and you can see the bridge there, eastern span

over thornton state beach where the whale washed ashore, 3:00. first spotted it a quarter mile offshore. two hours before it showed up on the beach itself. the marine mammal center is partnering with the academy of sciences and hopes to conduct a autopsy tomorrow. >> first rain drops will fall tomorrow morning. a live look outside from our camera in the east bay hills. this is the first of several storms that were tracking. abc 7 news, weather anchor, spencer christian and the weather approaching. >> here is live doppler 7. bright, calm conditions over the bay area. despite the presence of clouds. the storm to our northwest. in anticipation of the storm, flash flood watch has been issued for the area from monterey southward. thursday afternoon into friday morning. heavy downpours likely to accompany the storm. with, rain, falling at a rate of over half inch per hour at times. debris flow from recent burn areas is a concern. now here is our storm impact scale ranking. storms from one to five. as we do. approaching storm is two on the impact scale.

at that point, the whale was less than a mile offshore from thornton state beach. marine mammal experpetrators say it is a blue whale which is an endangered species and the largest animal in the world. biologists plan to go to the beach this morning to try to determine what caused the whale to die. >> wow. >>> time is 5:15. hundreds of east bay students out with the blue at -- flu at one high school. what the school is doing today threing to keep everyone healthy. >>> and a man trying to set a new sailing record from san francisco to shanghai is now missing. what the coast guard found on his sailboat adrift in the pacific ocean. >>> still seeing some slow traffic out there. in fact, the commute might be pretty slow in some areas already. here on the bay bridge, it looks pretty normal on the way to san francisco. >>> and in weather, we have been tracking a bit of some rain. plenty of breaks. more rain in the forecast just offshore. a factor especially in the afternoon and evening commute. we'll have an update after the break. >>> it is now 5:18. a man attempting a s

over thornton state beach where the whale washed ashore, 3:00. first spotted it a quarter mile offshore. two hours before it showed up on the beach itself. the marine mammal center is partnering with the academy of sciences and hopes to conduct a autopsy tomorrow. >> first rain drops will fall tomorrow morning. a live look outside from our camera in the east bay hills. this is the first of several storms that were tracking. abc 7 news, weather anchor, spencer christian and the weather approaching. >> here is live doppler 7. bright, calm conditions over the bay area. despite the presence of clouds. the storm to our northwest. in anticipation of the storm, flash flood watch has been issued for the area from monterey southward. thursday afternoon into friday morning. heavy downpours likely to accompany the storm. with, rain, falling at a rate of over half inch per hour at times. debris flow from recent burn areas is a concern. now here is our storm impact scale ranking. storms from one to five. as we do. approaching storm is two on the impact scale.

the whale was spotted less than a mile offshore from thornton state beach.arine biologists think it was a blue whale, which is an endangered species. marine mammal officials say they're keeping an eye on the carcass, but plan to let nature take its course, and will only take action if the carcase becomes beached. >>> an east bay high school dealing with hundreds of sick students. >> people said people from other schools were coming in sick, and got everyone else sick. >> up next, what some say may have caused a fifth of the student's body to stay home. >> later, a story of flimsy boats and desperate measures. why this year is the deadliest year on record for refugees trying to reach europe. >> game 2 of the world series started early because of the threat of rain, and it didn't take long for the cubs to turn things around. mark will show us how they did it later in sports. the series now turns to chicago. you'll find all of our regular newscasts on ktvu plus. >>> there's a new development in the upcoming trial of the man accused of killing sierra lamar. they

sky 7 is live over thornton state beach where the whale washed ashore a little more than an hour ago. the marine mammal center say they believe it's a male blue whale. sky 7 first spot it had a quarter mile offshore around 1:00 this afternoon. marine mammal scientists will likely partner with the california academy of scientists to perform a new cropsy on the whale to determine why it died. >>> massive lines at dmv offices in the bay area and all across california because of a computer system failure, and right now we're talking about 101 offices that are still impact. here's abc 7 news reporter lonnie rivera. >>> at the crack of down standing outside this dmv office, yet another attempt to renew his license, his third try since monday. >> i wanted to make sure if they did open up i wouldn't be waiting until 12:00 or 1:00, right? early bird. >> in this case the early bird walks away without the worm. this note explains the reason along with an apology from the dmv. >> employees have all been exceptionally kind. everybody in the lines have been really cool about it. i think that's one

. >>> new details about the blue whale that washed ashore near daly city's thornton state beach. researchers say that the animal had multiple fractures to its skull and back. the 65-foot whale was spotted wednesday afternoon floating a quarter mile from a coastal canyon. bay area researchers performed a full necropsy but have not determined the cause of death. >>> we are a little more than two weeks away from the official start of crab season. the california department of public health says early tests of the crab along the central coast are looking good. they showed safe levels of domoic acid which delayed the season last year. the commercial season starts on november 15. >>> the bay area had a record number of "spare the air" alerts during the 2016 summer season. the air quality management district issued 27 unhealthy air alerts. that's two more than the previous record which was set back in 1996. the district says that this year's factors included smoke from wildfires and increasing traffic. >>> it is 5:15 right now. let get another check on the wet roads out there with roqui.

this is at thornton state beach in daly city. this is a male blue whale. a necropsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. >>> so i woke up today to plenty of sunshine. it was gorgeous outside. it's going to change. >> it will be different tomorrow and friday. we are going to get cloudy and weather. but 'tis the season. >> it is. >> we do get rain and we are going to get some. first let's head out and show you how things look at this hour on the golden gate bridge. scattered showers, not bad, traffic flowing smoothly across the golden gate bridge and today, look how warm we got in san jose what veronica was talking about. 80 in san jose. 77 at fremont. concord 75. in san francisco, 70 degrees. we'll be changing though as low pressure that's just offshore is going to begin to drive some rain up from, first of all the remnants of a hurricane that's spinning well off mexico gets caught up in the sharp trough offshore. and as that gets closer to the shoreline we are going to increase clouds first for the north bay and then for the entire bay area r

that that point, the whale was less than a mile offshore from thornton state beach. marine ma'am hal ex-- mammal experts say it's a male blue whale, anening dang -- endangered species and the biggest animal in the world. the biologists will be back out trying to figure out why that whale died. >>> pg ande customers may see electric bills go up if state regulators approve a pg ande proposal. pg ande announced plans to close the power plant back in june. at that time, they said customers would not see a longterm price hike related to that closure. now pg ande is alerting customers about a plan to raise rates by 1.6% between 2018 and 2025. the money would go to projects to replace the energy now provided by diablo canyon. the state public utilities commission has to approve any rate hike. consumer groups are opposing it. >>> right now, it is 6:28. a unique store is getting ready to open up in san francisco. it is for one day only. we're going to tell you how it aims to help the homeless in a dignified way. >>> we are live at apple headquarters. we'll tell you what produ

the massive mammal was spotted around 12:30 yesterday afternoon.near thornton state beach. scientist are calling this a rare find.because the blue whale is an endangered species.and the largest animal on the planet. no word yet on when the necropsy results will be in.but scientist say the majority of whales who have recently died in the bay area.were hit by ships. >> britteny: fuhr and also outgoing more moisture from a hurricane see more of the coast at it as we go into the rest of the night and into tomorrow into a week and in the next three hours light rainfall simply and daly city over and in santa rosa and petaluma. then as we progress the model another round of rainfall into saturday calling in the sunday to edges possibility of san francisco close to 2 in. in daly city every to close eye on the systems in two weekend and then coming up at our next it forecast. >> vicki:still ahead. for the first lady hits the campaign trail with hillary clinton. how she compared the democratic presidential nominee--- to her husband. plus, after a long four-year wait, apple is finally

. >> the whale was spotted earlier about a quarter mile from the shore on thornton beach. >> it's normalfor whales to wash up, it just depends on the cause of death. >> reporter: this is a marine biologist with golden gate research. >> the biggest cause of death of whales along the coast is being struck by ships. >> reporter: investigators will be out here to perform an cap see to determine how the animal died. >> it looks like the intestines opened up. i wish there was something i could do for him. >> officials from the marine mammal center have sent a team member to look at the whale but at this time they don't know the age and size of the whale. >>> still ahead, tracking showers around the bay, showers that will intensify and at times get awfully heavy. we will have the full forecast coming up in just a minute. >> no major problems out there which is good news for commuters. ride to san francisco is a nice commute. it's a little slippery and wet but became plan reduce your speed. the right across the upper deck is looking pretty nice, no problems for downtown. to 80, 101 essential fre

crews are trying to figure out what to do with a beached whale in daly city. it washed ashore at thorntonities are performing a necropsy to determine how it died. then they will decide what to do with the carcass. >>> a high school in concord is warning parents about a massive flu outbreak. nearly 500 students at clayton valley charter school have been out sick in the past few days. the school says it's working to disinfect everywhere. >>> former second of education margaret spellings is coming up next on "cbs this morning." she is talking about college affordability, "common core" and steps for making schools better. >>> stay with us, traffic and weather in just a moment. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. it is 8:27. let's take a look at a new crash in san ramon. it's a three-vehicle crash southbound 680 right before crow canyon road. and it's causing some backup all the way towards highway 242. now, cars are moving in the area at just about 50 miles per hour and it gets worse further back at just 26 miles per hour. now, moving south to northbound 680 before stoneridge drive this solo vehi